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  Re: Storing height_field mesh between frames of an animation  
From: Nicolas George
Date: 13 Mar 2007 08:20:26
Message: <45f6a51a@news.povray.org>
Alain  wrote in message <45f5dc94$1@news.povray.org>:
> Somebody know how to make a virtual drive in windows? That way, assuming that 
> you have enough RAM, the access will get a huge boost.

That is not a good idea. If the file is read twice and there is enough
memory, the OS will keep it in memory, and the second read does not require
disc access. If there is not enough memory, the OS needs to free memory, and
discarding a cached file to re-read it later is cheaper than swapping
something out and later in.


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